Tel: Maldon 01621 891406
E-mail: enquiries@forresterparkltd.com
In 1932, Mary Muir bought ‘Withs Farm’, a 16th Century barn, and moved in. In 1968 her son, Douglas Forrester-Muir, read an article which predicted a boom in the golf industry. Together with his wife Susie he set about designing and building a golf course around Withs Farm. This involved the family eating quantities of Victoria Plums in order to use the tins as hole cups, Susie sewing home-made flags which were attached to bamboo canes, and the recruitment of blind war veterans to make all the tee mats.
A year later the Grand Opening of the 9-hole course took place. Greenfee money was put into a Quality Street ‘honesty’ tin and the price was 10/- a round.
In 1975 Forrester Park became a club, run by Susie and her son Tim following Douglas’s death. Between them they did all the mowing and cooking, taking it in turns to run the bar at lunchtime.
Branching out into another area, in 1984 two tennis courts were built and the Tennis Club was formed.
Then, in 1990, another 9 holes were built (not, this time, single-handedly), and the club acquired a practice ground.
The following year, two additional tennis courts were built, and two years after that, the clubhouse was extended to include the upstairs Forresters Restaurant.
The most recent addition has been Forrester Park Swimming Pool, built in the grounds five(?) years ago and specialising in children’s lessons and aqua aerobics.
Forrester Park now has over 40 staff; an 18-hole parkland golf course; four tennis courts; a swimming pool; a restaurant which caters for all types of function; and a licence to hold civil weddings.
The proprietor Tim Forrester-Muir
Hi
My name is Tim Forrester-Muir, and I run Forrester Park.
I am a few years short of 60, happily married for 17 years, with two wonderful teenage daughters and a black Labrador who is the other male in the house.
My hobbies: running Forrester park, eating, drinking, playing golf, sailing.
Mission statement: to help people to enjoy themselves.
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